Letting Go of Waimanako – Mark One

Letting Go of Waimanako – Mark One

What a month at Waimanako – as we’ve begun our transition out from these much-loved premises!  The massive downpours have highlighted a few things for us:- – The growing extent of impact on communities in our motu, and worldwide – of the...

New Plymouth Rough Sleepers Outreach Service

One of our new projects planned for 2024 is a Pilot Outreach Service catered to our Rough Sleeper community in New Plymouth. We have long sought to support and journey alongside this community through our programmes, kai for koha cafe, and Listening Ear service...

Some thoughts to help at Christmas…

Please note, if you are reading this and not looking forward to Christmas, you are certainly not on your own on this one.  It can feel like that, it can feel like everyone else has something organised and to look forward to, but I promise you it is not the case… For...
Are you looking for the red or the green?

Are you looking for the red or the green?

We are wired to spot the negative.   As much as you may not want to hear that on this today, it’s true.  It comes from cave man days.  The part of our brain, the amygdala, is there to spot danger, to protect us.Back in those days, it was far more important that...